Alex Blake

Alex Blake

Freelance Contributor

Alex Blake has been fooling around with computers since the early 1990s, and since that time he's learned a thing or two about tech. No more than two things, though. That's all his brain can hold. As well as TechRadar, Alex writes for iMore, Digital Trends and Creative Bloq, among others. He was previously commissioning editor at MacFormat magazine. That means he mostly covers the world of Apple and its latest products, but also Windows, computer peripherals, mobile apps, and much more beyond. When not writing, you can find him hiking the English countryside and gaming on his PC.

Articles by: Alex Blake

The exterior of a McDonald's restaurant.
McDonald’s defends its dynamic AI pricing — as new lawsuit says it’s ‘nickel-and-diming consumers down to ⁠the last French fry’

By Alex Blake Published

An antitrust lawsuit is being brought against McDonald’s alleging the chain is using dynamic AI pricing to rip off customers.

A person angrily looking at their phone next to an image of Anthropic's Claude AI bot on a phone screen.
Anthropic bans ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior' towards Claude — and it’s sparked a huge debate about ‘anthropomorphizing’ AI

By Alex Blake Published

Anthropic says Claude users must not be "abusive or cruel" towards its Claude AI models.

A matchstick-style IKEA Strala LED floor lamp next to an IKEA Strala Christmas tree
IKEA’s LED Christmas tree has landed for festive duty — but its matchstick-inspired floor lamp looks like an even better smart plug combo

By Alex Blake Published

IKEA has launched new Christmas lights that come in unusual shapes and sizes.

The Garmin Enduro 4 smartwatch.
Garmin just launched two new smartwatches, including the Enduro 4 — but you might be tempted by this Fenix 8 discount instead

By Alex Blake Published

Garmin has revealed the high-end Enduro 4 and Approach S72 smartwatches.

A person holding up a sign reading 'No data centers' in front of trees
Google AI data center project accused of destroying 300 hectares of Finnish forest — as critics brand Microsoft’s ‘nature-inspired designs’ for 20 facilities as ‘lipstick on a pig’

By Alex Blake Published

Big Tech firms are destroying the environment in a quest for further AI gains, critics claim.

A Flock Safety license plate camera.
Flock’s network is a form of ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance,’ judge rules — as police officer is accused of violating suspect's Fourth Amendment rights

By Alex Blake Published

A judge says warrantless police searches made using Flock’s license plate readers violate Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.

Best iPhone VPN
Report claims cops have breached one of iOS’s most secure features — and it could put your private data at risk

By Alex Blake Published

Police agencies have a new tool to get around a vital iOS security feature, a new report claims.

Shocked iPhone
‘It feels almost sick to me’: Meta deleted 20 years of memories belonging to one woman — then its AI closed her case without letting her appeal

By Alex Blake Published

A woman lost 20 years of memories after Meta permanently closed her account and blocked any appeal.

Nikon Small World in Motion 2026
Nikon fights backlash to contest winner amid AI allegations — microscopists spot 'serious problems' with airway cilia shot at 100x

By Alex Blake Published

Nikon is reviewing a competition-winning video that some people suspect of being made with AI.

An iFixit teardown of the Apple AirPods 5 earphones.
iFixit’s AirPods 5 teardown reveals surprise repairability boost — hairdryer test reveals user-replaceable batteries, but glued case remains a ‘disaster’

By Alex Blake Published

iFixit tore down the new AirPods 5 and found some notable improvements compared to their predecessors.

connected car
Major report says it's now impossible to 'buy a new car that does not track you' — as Tesla is branded one of the worst offenders for privacy breaches

By Alex Blake Published

Your vehicle might be sending your personally identifiable info to data brokers and Big Tech, new report finds.

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‘You gotta never do that again’: YouTuber says Meta’s Muse AI ruined a sale and gave out his home address without permission

By Alex Blake Published

The Meta Muse AI agent went off the rails, giving out a person’s address and ruining a Facebook Marketplace sale.

A shocked girl sitting on sofa at home looking on laptop screen
‘Do not let programs run commands on your machine’: Claude Code allegedly deleted 48,000 files in 103 seconds, and it’s a terrifying warning about AI agents

By Alex Blake Published

A developer lost 48,000 files in 103 seconds when Claude Code mass-deleted their ongoing work.

Apple and OpenAI
OpenAI admits ChatGPT in Siri was ‘dramatically underperforming’ — and it reveals just how little we were using Apple Intelligence

By Alex Blake Published

OpenAI says usage of Apple Intelligence was minimal and its ChatGPT tie-in ‘persistently’ underperformed.

Marathon runners
Garmin could bring ‘muscle oxygen’ tracking to future watches — here’s why serious athletes will want it

By Alex Blake Published

Garmin could bring ‘muscle oxygen’ monitoring to future devices after its latest acquisition.

Meta Muse and angry man.
Meta Muse read a writer’s private messages without permission — and it’s exactly why I’m not ready to hand my life over to AI agents

By Alex Blake Published

The Meta Muse AI agent was caught in another privacy firestorm when it started reading private texts without permission.

A man looking frustrated at his mobile phone
‘I wish Apple would just stop that crap': Apple has added persistent ‘ads’ to iOS, and it’s driving users crazy

By Alex Blake Published

iOS users are complaining that Apple is placing ‘ads’ for its own products on their iPhones.

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Flock license plate reader
Hackers find huge security flaw in Flock’s surveillance cameras and extract 1.6 million images and 27,000 videos from just one device — and the company’s terrible reputation means many employees are looking to jump ship

By Alex Blake Published

Hackers have found millions of images and thousands of videos stored on a Flock camera.

Garmin Cirqa
Garmin investigates ‘disappearing workouts’ issue that’s hitting Cirqa owners — and confirms a workaround to stop it happening to you

By Alex Blake Published

A bug means the Garmin Connect app is not properly logging Cirqa workouts, but there’s a temporary fix.

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China’s UBTech opens world-first factory that builds a humanoid robot every ten minutes — 14,000 square meter plant will deliver army of 10,000 robots a year

By Alex Blake Published

UBtech has opened a robot factory wherein autonomous devices can produce 10,000 units a year.

A person wearing the new Meta Ray-Ban Blayzer glasses
Australia considers ‘world-leading’ ban on smart glasses in government — as minister says there are 'legitimate privacy and security concerns’

By Alex Blake Published

The Australian state might soon ban smart glasses as privacy concerns continue to grow.

An image of an underwater solar panel below the surface of the sea.
Scientists test underwater solar panels that work 10 meters beneath the waves — breakthrough perovskite tech could support self-powered marine drones

By Alex Blake Published

Scientists have developed solar panels that can operate at depths of up to 10 meters underwater.

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Apple demonstrating the Spatial Reframing feature at WWDC 2026.
iOS 27’s new Spatial Reframing tool puts ‘random dude’ into Redditor’s photo — proving that the AI Photos feature still has major limits

By Alex Blake Published

iOS 27’s Spatial Reframing AI tool generated a non-existent person in a Redditor’s photo.

Donald Trump during a speech next to a photo of a Flock camera
Trump backs Flock license plate cameras — but new survey reveals 47% of US public oppose them as 3 police officers are arrested for alleged 'misuse' of the tech

By Alex Blake Published

Amid police officer arrests and public opposition, Trump backs Flock’s controversial camera tech.

Apple Health
Google Health's mistakes are a grave warning for Apple’s new AI-powered Health app

By Alex Blake Published

Apple’s Health app is getting an AI makeover, and Apple fans are hoping it will avoid the fate of Google Health.

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